Holder or clip for invoices or the like.



A. M. LIPMAN.

HOLDER 0R CLIP FOR INVOIGES OR THE LIKE.

' APPLIOATION FILED 0012s. 1905.

PATENTED JULY 3, 1906.

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A. M. LIPMAN. HOLDER 0R CLIP FOR INVOIGES OR THE LIKE.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOLDER OR CLIP FOR INVOICES OR THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

Application filed October 28,1905. Serial No. 284,912.

To ail whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER MAX LIP- MAN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at 20 Snargate street, Dover, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Holders or Clips for In voices or the Like and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in retaining devices for invoices, letters, and like papers, and is especially designed as an r 5 improvement on that type of devices wherein is provided a base-plate normally supported in an inclined position and provided with a clip or engaging member cooperating with a spring member disposed beneath said baseplate to release said clip when the base-plate is depressed and automatically return said clip to its normal position upon release of pressure from said base-plate.

While various modifications and details might be made within the scope of the appended claims without departing from the spirit of my invention for the purpose of disclosure, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, illustrating practical applica- 0 tions of the invention, and in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of one form of the invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the base-plate depressed. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, illustrating another 3 5 formof the invention. Fig. 4 is a similar view to Figs. 1 and 3, showing another slightly-modified form and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view, in side elevation, of the form shown in Fig. 4 and showing more clearly the application of the spring member and clip to and 2, this spring member is 'ormed of a single piece of wire, the section or arm 1 being provided at its end with an eye I) and coiled, as at c, to form a spring, thence diverging with relation to the arm 1 to form the arm 2,

5o thence bent, as at d, laterally to form the transverse arm 3, thence bent, as at e, to form the arm 2, correlated to the arm 2, thence coiled, as at f, and extended in a diverging direction with the arm 2 forming the arm 1*,

5 5 correlated to the arm 1, the arm 1 being provided with an eye 9, corresponding with the eye b. In these two figures there is also shown a brace or cross member 4, inserted at its ends within the coils of the springs c and f.

k designates a clip member which is shown as being of suitably-curved conformation and as having a transverse member is", provided with a laterally-projecting curved portion extending to one side thereof, said transverse member being adapted to engage the papers to be held, and thecurved portion of said transverse member providing a larger contact-sur face than if the transverse member simply consisted of a straight bar. This clip member is provided with the elongated angularlydisposed extensions 7c, each having an eye at one end cooperating with the transverse arm 3 to form a hinged connection with the diverging arms 2 and 2 of the spring member. These elongated extensions are adapted to be guided through the eyes I) and g.

It will be noted that the arms 1 and 1 may preferably be secured to the base-board by any suitable means, such as binding-staples, and these arms are longer than the arms 2 and 2, so that upon the depression of the board a the eyes I) and g, guiding the extensions 7c will force the clip Is to swing outwardly from the upper edge of the base-board a.

In the construction shown in Fig. 3 the details are slightly modified. In this fi ure the cross-arm 4 is not shown, and instead of providing the arms 1 1 with eyes these arms are formed continuous with a cross-arm 1 and instead of the eyes b and 9 there is provided a slotted plate a, disposed adjacent the top edge of the base-board a, in the slot of which is guided the elongated web m of the curved metal clip m, the clip and elongated extension being in the form of a sheet of metal instead of a wire frame.

In Figs. 4 and 5 there is also a slight modification, inasmuch as instead of forming the transverse member k of the clip k as a continuous part of the wire frame this transverse portion k is replaced by a flat plate p, as clearly shown. Also in this construction instead of the arm 3 being directly bent at right angles with reference to the arms 2 and 2 there are first formed loops d e, in which are hooked the ends of the extensions 7c In these figures also the cross-arm 4 is omitted.

The operation and advanta es of the device are apparent from the oregoing disclosure.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim is 1. The combination With a base-plate, of a foldable spring member, composed of a single piece of Wire bent to form two sets of diverging spring-operated arms and a transverse arm connecting a pair of correlated arms of said sets, the other correlated arms of said sets being adapted to lie alongside one face of said base-plate, a clip member adapted to engage the opposite face of said base-plate, provided With elongated angularly-disposed means hinged to said transversely-connected pair of arms, said transverse arm coacting with said diverving arms to support said base in an inclined position and to release said clip When said base is depressed, and means disposed at the upper edge of said baseplate engaging and guiding said elongated means, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a base-plate, of a foldable spring member, composed of a single piece of Wire bent to form tWo sets of diverging spring-operated arms and a transverse arm connecting a pair of correlated arms of said sets, the other pair of correlated arms of said sets being adapted to lie along one side of one face of said base-plate, a curved clip member adapted to engage the opposite face of said base-plate and provided With an elongated angularly-disposed extension hinged to said transversely-connected pair of arms, said clip member and extension being formed from a sheet of suitable rigid material, and said transverse arm coacting With said diverging arms to support said base-plate in an inclined position and to release said clip when said base-plate is depressed, a slotted plate disposed at the upper edge. of said base-plate, the slot of said slotted plate being adapted to receive and guide said elongated extension, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

ALEXANDER MAX LIPMAN Witnesses:

F. W. PRESCOTT, Jr., P. CRUNDALL. 

